DAVID EMMA WINS HOBEY
David Emma, the all-time Boston College leader in goals (112), assists
(127), and points (239), won the 1991 Hobey Baker Award. However, there
was quite a bit of uproar in Boston over the way the announcement was done
this year. The committee had decided to announce the winner immediately
following the national championship game, "in case the winner was playing
in the game." But somehow the news was leaked, and Bostonians knew that
Emma had won the award Friday, more than a day before the announcement was
planned. Channel 5 announced it on their 11 pm newscast.
Still, the committee kept Emma in a closed room at the St Paul Civic
Center, without any way for Emma to even see the game, until after the game
ended. He wasn't even allowed to leave the room to go to the bathroom
because it was feared someone would spot him and deduce that Emma was the
winner. ESPN made the announcement before the third overtime because it
had decided not to wait around for interviews after the game; after all,
people were waiting to see that hour-long SportsCenter from the NCAA Hoop
Final Four. But Emma was still kept locked away. Finally, the official
announcement came after the game, but at that point reporters were more
interested in meeting their deadline after the incredible game. The
Hobey winner was shoved aside.
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AMONTE SIGNS
BU's Tony Amonte, from Hingham, Mass., has signed with the New York
Rangers. He will be available for their opening round playoff series. I
expect that this means that Saturday's championship was the very last we
have seen of the Amonte-McEachern combination. I thought they would go to
the Olympics together, but now that looks doubtful. Too bad.
Last night channel 5 in Boston broke the Amonte signing news (a press
conference was to be held in NY today) and showed Amonte's mom dragging
him to a store to buy a suit.
LOWELL TO CHANGE NAME
With the consolidation of Massachusetts higher education underway, the
University of Lowell will apparently be changing its name to the University
of Massachusetts at Lowell, or UMass-Lowell. No word on when this will
take effect. Two other Mass. state colleges are also affected, including
Southeastern Massachusetts University (ECAC North), which will apparently
become something like UMass-Dartmouth. Athletic programs at the three
schools should not be affected at all.
- mike
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